Laurel County Grand Jury Indicts Man In Truck Stop Stabbing

An Emmalena man was indicted by the Laurel County grand jury for attempted murder, along with other charges, for allegedly stabbing a woman in the chest. Officials say 25 year old Brandon Curtis Hoskins was indicted on charges of attempted murder, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, giving a police officer a false name or address, drug paraphernalia and persistent felony offender. The indictment alleges, on May 11, Hoskins stabbed a woman in the chest and back near the Love’s Travel Stop off I-75 exit 29. He then discarded the knife and the shirt he wore when he stabbed the woman and ran away into a wooded area near the truck stop. Hoskins later came out of the woods and hid behind a nearby truck. A Florida truck driver was able to help police nab Hoskins. Hoskins also had meth and a glass pipe.